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CBSO PREMIERES DANI HOWARD’S THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT

9/6/2023

Birdsong’s Dani Howard​’s The Butterfly Effect receives its world premiere on 14 June at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. Kazuki Yamada conducts City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in the orchestra’s 2022/23 season finale concert. The Butterfly Effect was commissioned for the orchestra’s centenary celebrations, forming part of a programme of works by English composers that also includes Elgar’s Symphony No.1 and Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.

“The Butterfly Effect: defined by the idea that a small action can have larger implications on a more complex system. The concept is imagined with a butterfly flapping its wings in one location, causing a hurricane elsewhere. Having contemplated this idea for some time prior to writing the piece, and upon noticing the rest of this programme (Britten and Elgar, both RCM Alumni), Dani has reflected on the impact of that single decision to study there, onto every other part of her life, professionally and personally.”

Dani Howard 

The piece was commissioned by the CBSO, and generously supported by Chris Oakley and Steven Christie as part of the CBSO Centenary Commissions.